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Vegan food festival celebrates meat-free living — June 9, 2018

Chow down with a clear conscience at Vegfest, where you can find everything from vegan cheese to something called "burger dough."

8 years ago

Radio Times

How China’s ban on ‘foreign trash’ will impact U.S. recycling

Guests: Livia Albeck-Ripka, Frank Chimera Are you a conscientious recycler, someone who scrubs their aluminum can ...

Air Date: June 5, 2018 10:20 am

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Kid Shelleen's is one of two dozen restaurants in Delaware that have adopted straws optional policies or banned plastic straws altogether.  (Shirley Min/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

The last straw for plastic straws in Delaware

More than two dozen restaurants in Delaware have adopted a “straws by request” policy or are banning them altogether.

8 years ago

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Shazana Goff (left) operates the La Finquita farm stand in July of 2014. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY, file)
Community

How one urban farm was lost: La Finquita’s finale

It started with a lock and a “No Trespassing” sign. They appeared one day on the fence at Lawrence and Master streets, next to a hand-painted sign reading, “La Finquita,”

8 years ago

The ocean off South Seaside Park in 2017. (Image: Justin Auciello/for WHYY)
Down the Shore
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NWS: Life-threatening rip currents Sunday

There’s a high risk of rip current development along the New Jersey coastline Sunday, forecasters say.

8 years ago

USGS image.
Down the Shore
Community

N.J. towns impacted by Superstorm Sandy can compete for flood mitigation grants

A New Jersey official has announced a grant competition for the municipalities in the nine counties most impacted by Superstorm Sandy for flood resiliency planning.

8 years ago

NOAA graphic.
Down the Shore
Community

Hurricane season begins today

Today marks the official beginning of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season, which NOAA forecasters predict near- or above-normal activity. 

8 years ago

You Bet Your Garden

Do Trees NEED Mulch? & Can a Tree Survive Severed Roots?

Do trees really NEED mulch? And can their roots be safely severed during construction? On the latest You Bet Your Garden, host ...

Air Date: June 1, 2018

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An unconventional drilling site is prepared in Butler County, Pennsylvania in the winter of 2014. (Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Courts & Law

Study finds health threats from oil and gas wastewater spread on roads

Pennsylvania stopped the practice after a lawsuit alleging pollution.

8 years ago

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said last week that the agency “will take the next step under the Safe Drinking Water Act process to evaluate the need of a maximum contaminant level for PFOA and PFOS. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

Rep. Fitzpatrick: ‘Unacceptable’ for Pruitt to say he can’t release chemical study

The Republican says the public should know if health risk from PFAS is bigger than EPA has stated.

8 years ago

The Environmental Protection Agency (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Courts & Law

Feds charge 5 with scheme to get around Clean Air Act

They allegedly tampered with diesel trucks.

8 years ago

The L Street river beach in Belmar, New Jersey. (Google image)
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Community

Raw sewage exposure forces closure of Belmar river beach

Officials say sewage overflow contaminated a New Jersey beach's water with unsafe levels of bacteria, forcing its closure.

8 years ago

In this April 1, 2005 file photo, a flying fox soars above the trees. It is the world's largest species of fruit bat, also know as the flying fox  (Mark Baker/AP Photo, File)
Science

Lehigh researchers enlist bats to predict Ebola outbreaks

Researchers at Lehigh University have developed a new tool that could help pinpoint where and when Ebola outbreaks will occur.

8 years ago

Clinging jellyfish (Courtesy of Dr. Paul Bologna‎/Montclair State University)
Down the Shore
Science

Clinging jellyfish once again found in N.J. river

The small jellyfish, found in an area off Monmouth Beach known as "the Hook," may indicate the start of a bloom.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania Nature Conservancy executive director Bill Kunze looks for birds at the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge in Philadelphia during the annual spring migration. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Spring birdsong could change with a changing climate

A warming planet means some migrating birds miss mealtime.

8 years ago

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